Show-case.



iff/. ma@ Mw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR JOI-IN BLYTI-I, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-I-IAIJS` TO WILLIAM E. LITTLE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, AnrrrUR JOHN BLYTH, a subject of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Show-Case, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to all glass show cases, that is, to those show cases in which the adjacent members, such as the front, sides and top, are secured directly together without the intervention of wooden or other clamping strips along the oint.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a show case of this character in which the glass plates forming the sides, front and top can be readily separated when required, for example, in dismantling the show case for repairs. It is usual to construct such a show case with a binding strip interposed between the adjacent glass plates, said binding strip consisting of felt cemented to the glass plates at each side thereof. With such a construction, it is found that the felt absorbs or is impregnated throughout with the cement and eventuallyT becomes hardened, so that it becomes so securely attached to the glass at either side that it is not possible to separate the glass plates without breaking them.

In this connection the object of the present invention is to provide a binding strip which is and remains of such nature that it can be readily split or severed at any time to enable separation of the adjacent glass plates.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention: Figure 1 is a fragmen` tary view of portions of the top, front and one side of the show case, partly broken away, to show the joint in section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the joint on a large scale showing the manner in which the same is severed when required.

1 designates the glass top of a show case, 2 the front thereof and 3 the side walls, these glass plates being adjacent one another and secured to one another by intervening binding strips which extend between the vertically abutting portions of the side and front plates and extend over the top of the side and front plates and beneath the top plate. Each binding strip is composed of a body portion 4, and cement coatings 5 thereon,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 16, 1909.

SHOW-CASE.

Patented July 19, 1910.

serial No. 518,071.

said body portion being of a material which 1s adherent to, but not permeated by the cement. Said cement, which may be of any suitable kind now used in the art, is applied to both faces of the strip 4 as indicated at 5 and adheres to said faces, but does not penetrate or permeate the body portion 4 of the strip.

The material I prefer to use for the strip is paper, the paper being of such quality as to provide the necessary strength and of such thickness as to serve as an eflicient binder between the plates and to allow of the insertion of a separating tool as hereinafter explained. The paper strip will, however, in general be considerably thinner than is possible with the use of felt, thus adding materially to the attractive appearance of the case. It will be noted that the paper does not present any yielding or elastic quality such as is presented by the felt in its initial condition, but this is no disadvantage as such yielding or elastic quality is not retained by the felt after it has become hardened as above described. It is essential that the paper or material of the strip should be sufficiently close grained or compact to eX- cludethe cement, so that the interior or body portion 4 of the strip may remain in the original condition. lith such a construction of the strip the case may be taken apart at any time by simply inserting a sharp thin tool, indicated at 6, into the binding strip and drawing it along the strip, so as to split the strip into two portions adhering, respectively, to the two adjacent glass plates. The fact that the interior or body portion 4 of the strip remains in its original condition enables this operation to be performed in a manner which would not be possible if the strip had become impregnated throughout with the cement and had consequently hardened.

In regard to the rigid or inelastic qualit of the paper strip, as compared with a fe t strip, it may be stated that in general this rigidity is a desirable feature in that it enables an all glass case to be produced which is rigid when constructed, and can be shipped at once without any danger of losing its shape or loosening at the joints by reason of working back and forth under vibratory strain.

What I claim is:

1. In a show case, the combination with two adjacent glass plates of an intervening binding strip cemented at its two sides, respectively, to the said plates, said strip consisting of paper which is suiciently compact to exclude the cement and to retain its original condition.

V2. In a show 'ca-se the Vcombination with two adjacent glass plates, of an intervening body strip consisting of a body portion of paper, and a coating of cement extending between the paper and the glass plates at each side, but not penetrating the paper.

3. In a show case, the combination with two Vadjacent members of the show case, of

an intervening binding strip cemented at its two sides respectively to the said members, said strip consisting of paper which is sufiiciently compact to exclude the cement and to retain its original condition.

' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 7th day of September, 1909.

ARTHUR JOHN BLYTH. In presence of- An'rHnn P. KNIGHT, FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

